DESIRE is a 3-year project aimed at bridging the gap between the supply of educational programs offered by Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Armenia (AM) and Georgia (GE) and the demands of the labor market.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:

• Support the modernization of teaching methodologies in HEIs in Armenia and Georgia.

• Develop and implement 10 soft skills (SS) modules/MOOCs in both formal and non-formal education within bachelor’s and master’s degree programs, to achieve a more advanced level of knowledge and competencies based on soft skills in universities.

COORDINATOR:

Vanadzor State University named after Hovhannes Tumanyan

ARMENIAN PARTNERS:

• Khachatur Abovyan Armenian State Pedagogical University (ASPU)

• State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia

• Goris State University

• “NGO Center” Civil Society Development Organization

• National Center for Professional Education Quality Assurance Foundation

ASSOCIATED PARTNERS:

• Youth Initiative Center NGO, Gyumri, Armenia

• Vanadzor Municipality, Armenia

• Association of Young Historians (AYH), Armenia

EUROPEAN PARTNERS:

• Dresden University of Technology, Germany

• LUT University, Finland

• University of Granada, Spain

• Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Ireland

GEORGIAN PARTNERS:

• Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

• Ilia State University

• Shota Rustaveli State University

• Sokhumi State University

• National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement, Georgia

OTHER PARTNERS:

• SAORSA, Georgia

• Center for Economic Policy and Research, Georgia

• Association of Student Organizations of Georgia